Sponge holder



Feb. 28, 1928; 1,660,351

, A. PATAKI SPONGE HOLDER Filed y 26, 1927 Patented Feb..28,'192s.' a J r 1,660,351 j UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. e I ALEXANDER PATAKI, or BLooMsBUns, :snivnsynvaivili.

A i I sronen HOLDER. Application filed May 26, 1927. Serial No. 194,393.

This invention relates to a device for hold- A rivet 6 or the like is extended through ing sponges such as used by persons engaged each of the eyes 4; and through theadjacent I in pressing or cleaning fabrics. Heretofore portion of the plate 1, this rivet serving not 1 it has been the practice to use a wet sponge only to hold the eye firmly to the plate but 55' 5 whenever it is desired to moisten a fabric, alsoto fasten to the plate an ear 7 extending I the sponge being held in the bare. hand. from a ferrule 8 restingon the end portion Because of themoisture and thefact that of the plate. One of these ferrules is located the hands, while wet, are subjected to the at each end of the holder and said ferrulesv heat of a flat iron, the use of a sponge soon constitute seats for the ends of an arcuate 60 10 makes the hands sore. V handle 9, said ends being secured in the ferf It is an object of the present invention to rule in any suitable manner as by means of provide a simple and efficient-form of holderscrews 10. .to which a sponge can be held securely, it In practice the prongs 5 are swung away being possible readily to place 'thesponge in fromthe plate 1 and a sponge S is forced o5 position or to remove it therefrom. onto the spurs 2 so as to engage the bottom A further object is to provide a holder surface of the plate 1. Theprongs arethen which allows theuser to keep the hands dry released and will grip the upper portion'of so that resultant soreness due to moisture the sponge and-clamp it against the plate 1. and heat will be avoided. Thus the sponge will be held firmlyassem- 7o lVith the. foregoing and other objects in bled with the holder and can be moistened view which will appear as the description and used without being held in the hand. proceeds, the invention resides in the combi- Instead the handle 9 will afford a convenient nation and arrangement of parts and in the meanswhereby. the device can be manipudetails of construction hereinafter described lated readily. a and claimed, it being understood that What is claimed is:

changes in the precise embodiment of the inv 1. A holder of the olassdescribed including vention herein disclosed may be'made with a plate, a handle connected thereto, resilient in the scope of what is claimed, without demeans connected to the plate for projecting parting from the spirit of the invention. into a sponge and clamping it against the so In the accompanying drawings, the preplate,and aspur upon the plate for engag ferred form of the invention has been shown. ing the clamped sponge In said drawings, Y 2. A' device of the class describedinclud- Figure 1 is an elevatiouof a holder with a ing a plate having a spur projecting theresponge connected thereto, a portion of the from, oppositely disposed resilient prongs as handle being broken away. 7 connected to the plate, said spurs and prongs Figure 2 is a bottom plan view ofthe being arranged for removable engagement holder. 7 with a sponge, the sprongs constituting Figure 3 is a section through the holder means for clamping a sponge to theplato I on line 3-3, Figure 2. and in engagement with the spurs, and a a. 40 Referring to the figures by characters of handle connected to the plate. I

reference 1 designates a plate having spurs 3. A deviceof the class described includ- 2 struck downwardly therefrom adjacent the. ing. a plate, spurs extending therefrom, recenter, any desired number of these being silient prongs oppositely disposed but conemployed although four are preferably used. nected to the plate, said prongs constituting 95 Arranged adjacent each end of .the plate 1 means for-entering a sponge and clamping a is a coiled spring 3 the middle convolutions portion of said sponge onto the spurs and of which are joined by an integral 'eye 4 against the plate, and a handle connected to bearing against the plate. The free ends of the plate. 7 the coil are extend-ed towards the center of In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 1% the plate and provides substantially paral my own, I have hereto affixed my signature. lel prongs 5. ALEXANDER PATAKI. 

